The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory opened a case of fraud and legalization of criminal property related to the assets of the former judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court Elena Khakhaleva. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the lawyer of the Tatarashvili family, who once bought property from Khakhaleva. Now they are defendants in a fraud case, and their property may be confiscated.

Konstantin Ernst. Photos from open sources Two unnamed sources in the art market told Kommersant that the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, is a victim in the case of fraud with the works of Ernst Neizvestny, exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Soviet sculptor. “The exhibition was lobbied by Konstantin Lvovich Ernst. He is a very large collector of graphics and nonconformists.

Reports from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank put the Kremlin on notice: the current level of military spending is leading to a dangerous increase in the Russian budget deficit, Bloomberg writes , citing sources familiar with the discussions. The agency called it "the most serious sign of discord in Moscow" since the start of the SVO. The economic bloc proposed cutting military spending, otherwise there would be no way out of the difficult budget situation.

The head of the Serbian parliament committee on issues of diaspora and Serbs of the region, Dragan Stanojevic, confirmed that the possibility of introducing a visa regime for Russian citizens is being discussed in Belgrade. According to him, the issue is being considered within the framework of fulfilling obligations to the European Union, of which Serbia expects to become a member in the future.

Rafael Mamedov. Photo: social networks The Northern Fleet Military Court sentenced Murmansk student Rafael Mamedov to 15 years in prison on charges of treason and participation in a terrorist organization, OVD-Info reports* with reference to a support group. According to the court decision, Mamedov will be in prison for the first three years, the remaining term will be in a maximum security colony. The prosecution asked for 18 years in prison.

Iran has decided to suspend exchanges of messages with the United States in protest against Israel's operation in Lebanon, writes the Iranian Tasnim agency. Tehran insists on an “immediate cessation” of the operation in Lebanon and demands the complete withdrawal of the Israeli military from the country. “Until the position of Iran and the resistance forces on these issues is taken into account, there will be no negotiations,” writes Tasnim.

Svetlana Stroganova, program director of the Our Children Foundation, says: Why do children end up in orphanages? How do poverty, parental illness and lack of support destroy families? What happens to a child after boarding school and why is it so difficult for graduates of orphanages to adapt to independent life? We discuss families in crisis, orphanhood, mentoring, socialization of teenagers, housing problems for graduates of orphanages and how everyone can really help children effectively.

The first part of the large-scale duology “De Gaulle: The Iron Age” premiered in Cannes Still from the film “De Gaulle: The Iron Age” The role of General de Gaulle went to Simon Abkarian, one of the leading French theater and film actors of Armenian origin.

After Washington again did not give the green light to a visa-free regime for Bulgarian citizens, Prime Minister Rumen Radev decided not to renew permission for the long-term deployment and refueling of American military aircraft at Sofia airport. The reaction on social media was enthusiastic. “Finally there’s a guy with balls,” users write. In early May, Radev said that he discussed the issue of visas personally with US President Donald Trump.

Priest Andrey Mizyuk - in memory of the artist who knew how to draw the invisible Valentin Pavlovich Massov. Photo: artreestr.ru He painted the world. And when the time came, I simply switched over to it. I was lucky enough to once meet him in person and visit him. In Penza. In those other times. It was an immersion and an opportunity to look “through the windows.” When he took out his works and I looked at them, I caught myself feeling that my eyes were hurting.

The cost of gasoline at Moscow gas stations has begun to increase significantly, and prices for diesel fuel continue to rise, reports the Moscow Fuel Association. The weighted average cost of fuel at Moscow gas stations per liter is: AI-92 - 64.67 rubles (+24 kopecks per week); AI-95 - 71.46 rubles (+35 kopecks); Diesel - 78.49 rubles (+56 kopecks).

The Pope has declared a threat to human nature if AI cannot be brought under control. First Encyclical of Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV. Photo: IMAGO/Catholicpressphoto The Western Christian world is reading the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV - Magnifica humanitas ("Enchanting Humanity", but other translations are possible).

Russian hockey will be returned in parts and for a long time, making a decision on admission to each tournament separately Channel One Hockey Cup: Russia - Belarus - 3:1.

Mikhail Romanov. Photo: duma.gov.ru The scandalous State Duma deputy Mikhail Romanov, apparently, will not enter the new convocation of parliament - according to the results of the preliminary voting in district No. 211 in St. Petersburg, he took only third place, writes Zaks.ru. The winner of the primaries was Mikhail Rakhlin, the son of judo coach Anatoly Rakhlin, who trained Vladimir Putin. Now Rakhlin Jr. works as deputy director of the Olympic reserve school named after his father.

Buryat lama, who requested political asylum in the United States, faces deportation to Russia Baldan Bazarov. Photo: social networks (18+) THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT NOVASHOV ANDREY VALERIEVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT NOVASHOV ANDREY VALERIEVICH. At the end of April, the ICE migration service arrested the Buryat lama Baldan Bazarov, who emigrated to the United States in 2022 and requested political asylum.